The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-16
Local and General.
A few hours sunshine is very refresh
ing, indeed.


ed through Lebanon on Thursday with
a fine looking band of cattle.
Born.--In Lebanon, to the wife of
David Andrews, Saturday Aprllo 1887,
daughter, weight II pounds.
Seventeen million acres OF land are
said to be held by corporations In Ore
gon with hardly shadow of title.
Gov. Pennoyer has appointed Albert
Sunderland, of Portland, ns Dairy Conn
missioner, in place of W. w. Baker.
Miss Ellie Miller returned last Sat
urday from Eugene City, where she
has bcen attending the State Univer-
sity.
On Thursday we were Informed of the
death of Thomas Emerson, an old and
respected citizen of Sweet Home pre-
cint.
-SDr. j. III. p. Hope, in retiring from
Encouragement of the st. Charles hotel,
leaves a host of friends and patrons to
that house.
The Oregon Pacific r. II. Co. have
removed their ticket office to their new
and elegant quarters in the new depot
Mt Corvallis.
The printers of Salem have organized
Typographical Union. Geo. Hilbert
was elected president and Miss Nellie
Riley secretary.
Rev. J. II. n. Bell, of the Roseburg
Resiep, has received the appoint
ment as clerk of the State r. II. Conn
mission. The salary is s., 900 per year.
J. NJ. Ralston has removed to Mr..
Blodgett's house opposite the First
Presbyterian church, where he will re-
side until his new house is completed.
Miss Laura Rridgford, of Scio, who
has been sick for some time, mt the resi-
dence of David Mason, in Albany, died
on the morning of the 9Th, of an inter-
nal abccss.
Nv. \. Newell has removed to Halsey
where he has purchased drug store.
Mr.. Newell is good druggist and we,
with whole lot of his Lebanon friends,
wish him the best of success.
The team OF s. w. Keith, OF Soda
vile, took fright while he was loading
some grain at the depot ON Tuesday,
and came up town at lively rate.
Fortunately no damage was done to
team or wagon.
Geo. w. Slavens, of Sweet Home, ar
rested for alleged false swearing in the
Herran land claim case, was bound
over in $500 bonds to appear before the
grand jury at the June term OF court.
He furnished bonds.
Our board of county commissioners
on the Sth inst, raised the bounty on
coyote scalps in Linn county from S. to
SO. This action was caused by the re-
cent heavy losses from this source
among sheep raisers.
The average number of patients re-
ceived at the asylum, at Salem, during
March, was one per day. There are
confined in that institution 476 pa
tients, Ga more than the building was
built TO accommodate.
Mr.. f. Musselman, one of the we'll
to-do farmers of this vicinity, favored
THE EMPRESS with pleasant call. on
"Wednesday, leaving lot of nice APP
pies, for which THE EMPRESS takes
pleasure in expressing many thanks.
Judge Deadly has declared that the
interstate commerce law docs not apply
to shipments to San Francisco by way
of the o. & G. and o. r. & y. indepen-
dent lines, hence any rates may be
charged in this valley in composition
with other lines.
BY permission of Wells, Fargo & Co,
Mr.. Hearn, the agent at this place has
established branch of the money order
department st g. Il. Hardy's iewelry
store. This will be convenient for any
one desiring to do business ofthis kind
through w. +. & Co.
Rev. J. s. NrCain, formerly of the
Dallas Itenizer is negotiating with the
proprietors of the Totcn Talk of Salem,
for half interest in the plant of that
paper. Mr.. M'Cain will change the
name of the TAX and run it in the in
tercst Of prohibition.
The o. &. G. r. Il. will be transferred
to the Southern Pacific on the Ist of
May. The gap now between the o. &
c. and c. & o. is less than thirty miles.
The road will probably be completed
by October, probably sooner. About,
% miles has yet to be finished.
w. J. Guy has shown marked enter
prise in the tasty manner in which he
has fitted up the building which he
now occupies as saloon opposite the
st. Charles. Such evidence of desire
to improve is very commepdable, on
the part of all business men.
Mr.. G. w. Watts, job printer, is get
ting out pamphlet of the names of
every taxpayer in the county. 1t
gives the gross value of property, IN
debtedness, amount of taxable property,
etc This will be very valuable little
book for business men and people gen
orally.
The Coronor's jury in the Ford case
at Harrisburg reported thatin the opin-
ion of the members of the jury, Ford
came to his death from blow on his